Final Fantasy XV - General News Thread

[Lulcielid]

Does anyone have an archive of the stream... I missed it... (the one about skills)

EDIT: I´m slow...

Ask and you shall receive.

 

[LeonBlade]

for anyone who missed the skill tree/weapon thing:

The graphics look incredible... This seems to be Xbox, but it certainly looks way better than we've seen before. What could this mean?

They fixed Aranea's silly crotch-window.

If by fixed you mean ruined it!

 

[ChingleeTribal]

It's illogical and an impossible to describe Aranea as 'ruined'. She is perfection!

 

[ChingleeTribal]

The graphics look incredible... This seems to be Xbox, but it certainly looks way better than we've seen before. What could this mean?

 

[LeonBlade]

It's illogical and an impossible to describe Aranea as 'ruined'. She is perfection!

Her Japanese voice actor is Miyuki Sawashiro, so I can't disagree.

 

[Lulcielid]

The graphics look incredible... This seems to be Xbox, but it certainly looks way better than we've seen before. What could this mean?

Engineering sorcery.

 

[Storm]

I wonder what happens if you full upgrade a weapon; stats only would be lame, things like new finishers or special effects would be neat imo.

 

[LeonBlade]

This footage kind of confirms that this is just upgraded Xbox One because the texture resolution looks to be the same, just improvements overall in lighting and post effects.

 

[ChingleeTribal]

Engineering sorcery.

Some dark arts by Tabata?
Witchcraft of the most potent of powers! I hope no human sacrifices were made to achieve it....well, they can sacrifice Matt if they want.

 

[ChingleeTribal]

This footage kind of confirms that this is just upgraded Xbox One because the texture resolution looks to be the same, just improvements overall in lighting and post effects.

The foliage looks much more improved. The tress especially don't look like MSpaint smudged mush anymore lol

 

[LeonBlade]

The foliage looks much more improved. The tress especially don't look like MSpaint smudged mush anymore lol

Yeah, it almost looks like things weren't even rendering properly before hand. Which, might just be due to them not sorting out their LOD solutions on the consoles yet or it might just be fine tuning optimizations. One of the things I mentioned a long time ago about the performance on consoles was that this work would happen towards the end of the development which proves to be true.

The foliage looks a lot better, just look at the trees and they look completely different as you mention. And, like I mentioned, the fact that texture resolution appears to be the same says this isn't some jump in processing power but just optimizations which says that this isn't the newer Xbox console build or something ridiculous, this is truly what the Xbox will look like and likely even better by release.

 

[Storm]

Aranea the goddess VA is doing (did?) a AMA on reddit

https://m.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...a_from/?utm_source=mweb_redirect&compact=true

 

[Lulcielid]

Aranea the goddess VA is doing (did?) a AMA on reddit

https://m.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...a_from/?utm_source=mweb_redirect&compact=true

It happened 8 hours ago.

 

[LeonBlade]

View attachment 488

Already posted.

 

[Lulcielid]

Any guess up to when do they have time to keep optimizing before certification and mass disc printing?

 

[Guitar (pseudo)God]

View attachment 488

Downgrade confirmed. At Gamescom, the chocobo was level 2.

 

[Bionicle8563]

Anyone find/make a Gif of that sweet sweet axe warp strike?

 

[LeonBlade]

Any guess up to when do they have time to keep optimizing before certification and mass disc printing?

At least a month or so.

 

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

So happy the graphics are looking so great. Such a huge improvement over what we have seen and the game play is looking amazing as usual. I was worried that the graphics would take a huge hit but that clearly isn't going to be the case. I love the Duscae area even though I know a lot of people seem not to and are tired of looking at it but I find it to be beautiful and it looked so good today. Aranea's animations were amazing from what little I was able to see. I loved the fact that when she hit the ground she rolled around in a defensive manner while also attacking wildly until she got back up. So many little details in the behaviors and movements of the characters that no game even comes close. The Chocobos in this game are the best in the series by far. Their design coupled with the way they move and behave are amazing. I love the way the feather physics from when the chocobo is running around and when it glides with the wind catching underneath the wings. Definitely looks like the delay was the best thing for the game and that will allow them to ship a truly great addition to the Final Fantasy series. Can't wait for TGS.

 

[NightOwl]

"Hi Aranea, have a concrete sandwich!"
Ah Noctis, you're so smooth...